Shane Stewart Holds Early STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings Lead

The Wheatley Chronicles – Volume IV, No. 5

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 9, 2016) – With the initial STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings of the year unveiled, it’s Bixby, OK, native Shane Stewart holding down the top spot with the initial 18 North American events of 2016 in the books.

Stewart posted a pair of wins en route to winning the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown title at Yuma’s Cocopah Speedway and then added his third overall win of the year on Sunday’s World of Outlaws debut at Queen Creek’s Arizona Speedway.

Stewart holds the top ranking by 26 points over Daryn Pittman with Greg Hodnett, Joey Saldana and Dale Blaney among the early top five.

Missing out on Winter Heat action, current World of Outlaws points leader Brad Sweet has climbed to sixth, just ahead of three-time and reigning STIDA Power Rankings champ Donny Schatz. Danny Lasoski, Jason Johnson and David Gravel round out the current top ten.

The early rankings reflect five rounds of Winter Heat competition, three All Star events in Florida, the opening eight World of Outlaws cards and a pair of Posse events in Central PA.

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A part of the recurring “The Wheatley Chronicles” series of articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, the Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.

The current Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings will be released tomorrow, with Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings released next week. The Infinity Shocks Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park will be released late in March or early April.

The Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2016 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings on a regular basis. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.